Below you’ll find the dates, agendas and venues for meetings of the Dalwhinnie Community Council, in descending date order

Agenda for Dalwhinnie Community Council Meeting held Tuesday 9th January 18.00hrs (The Village hall – committee room)

Dalwhinnie Community Council – Agenda

Date – Monday 9th January 2022 – 6pm

    1. Welcome and Apologies
    1. Attendees
    1. Declaration of Interest/intentions
    1. Previous Minutes
    • Approve Minutes from 5th December meeting, Proposed? Seconded?
    1. Treasurer’s Report
    • Banking Update
    • Balance 5th December 2022 – £10,212.63
    1. Matters Arising – Covid 19
    • Covid 19 update 
    1. Matters Arising
    • DCC Secretary position?
    • Dates for future meetings – confirm AGM date?
    • Ward Discretionary fund – application for winter lights, grass cutting/gardening services, gym equipment, litter signs below???
    • Station Road – Nathan Grant offered to take on work
    • New signs when Litter home signs need replacing? Also “Wildlife camera traps catch more than just wildlife” signs – for fly tipping blackspot areas? 
    • CNPA Re. Liz hendersons replacement? 
      • Melgarve funding – LCR request update
      • Paths update
      • Funding for all abilities paths and mobility issues addressed for Health & Wellbeing in and around Dalwhinnie in light of NR actions blocking only available path.
    • RSE work update 
    • Flood defences request by DCC update
    • College students – transport/bus service
    • Network Rail, – Jenny Gilruth Transport minister meeting confirmed 18th January.
    • Local action plan – VABS update?
    • Dalwhinnie pantomime for December 2023 – volunteer helpers wanted?
    • DCDT – Gym update and call for local membership engagement update?
    1. Planning Matters
    • Proposed Camper/Motorhome – Update
    1. Any other Business

Dates for Future Meetings:

Monday 13th March 2023 (Due to volunteer availability)

Monday 3rd April 2023 (Confirm as AGM date?)

Tuesday 2nd May 2023 (OR confirm as AGM date?)

Monday 3rd July 2023 (TBC)

Monday 31st July 2023 (TBC)

Monday 4th September 2023 (TBC)

Monday 6th November 2023 (TBC)

Monday 4th December 2023 (TBC)

Agenda for Dalwhinnie Community Council Meeting held Tuesday 5th December 2022 18.00hrs (The Apiary)

Dalwhinnie Community Council – Agenda
Date – Monday 5th December 2022 – 6:30pm at The Apiary, Dalwhinnie

1. Welcome and Apologies

2. Attendees

3. Declaration of Interest/intentions

4. Previous Minutes

● Approve Minutes from 3rd October 2022, meeting, Proposed? Seconded?

5. Treasurer’s Report
● Banking Update
● Bank of Scotland versus Online Banking – To be discussed

6. Matters Arising – Covid 19

● Vaccinations – online Booking

7. Matters Arising

● Members Resigning – Lyn Haggarty and Nigel Widgery
● SEPA and HC – Planning
● College Students – Bus Facility
● Network Rail – Includes Bill Carr (BC) comments
● Litter Signs for all affected laybys/car parks need installing?
● Path and Road works around the village
● Winter Lights
● Station Road Clean Up – Start Date 2023
● VABS Local Action Plan
● DC and DT – Update and BC information
● Pantomime
● Village Website
● Montgomery Plaque
● Flood Defences – BC

8. Planning Matters

● Proposed Camper/Motorhome – Update

9. Any other Business

Dates for Future Meetings:
Monday 9th January 2023
Monday 6th March 2023
Monday 3rd April 2023 (AGM)
Monday 5th June 2023

Agenda for Dalwhinnie Community Council Meeting held Tuesday 3rd October 2022 18.30hrs (The Loch Ericht Hotel)

  1. Dalwhinnie Community Council – Agenda

    Date – Monday 3rd October 2022 – 6pm

    1. Welcome and Apologies
    1. Attendees
    1. Declaration of Interest/intentions
    1. Previous Minutes
    • Approve Minutes from 3rd May 2022 meeting, Proposed? Seconded?
    1. Treasurer’s Report
    • Banking Update
    1. Matters Arising – Covid 19
    • Covid 19 update 
    1. Matters Arising
    • Jo resigning and leaving Dalwhinnie
    • Highland Planning regarding Dalwhinnie?
    • RSE work update
    • Pharmacy at Newtonmore – super helpful prescriptions and reorder service as well as recycling facility for used blister packs. Inform the surgery for repeat prescriptions to be sent to Newtonmore.
    • College students – transport/bus service
    • Network Rail, – Jenny Gilruth Transport minister meeting (currently 26th Oct)
    • Path and road works BEAR – CONES throughout Dalwhinnie
    • Station road and area opposite station – clean up
    • Local action plan – VABS
    • Dalwhinnie – Volunteer recruitment and paid contractor engagement issues
    • Dalwhinnie pantomime – volunteer helpers wanted?
    • DCDT – call for local engagement – or lose the hall!
    1. Planning Matters
    • Proposed Camper/Motorhome – Update
    1. Any other Business

    Dates for Future Meetings:

    Monday 7th November 2022

    Monday 5th December 2022

    Monday 9th January 2023

    Monday 6th March 2023

    MOnday 3rd April 2023 (proposed AGM date)



Agenda for Dalwhinnie Community Council AGM Meeting held Tuesday 3rd May 2022 18.30hrs (Virtual Meeting)

      1. Dalwhinnie Community Council – AgendaDate – Tuesday 3rd May 2022 – 6:30pm
        1. Welcome and Apologies
        1. Attendees
        1. Declaration of Interest/intentions
        1. Previous Minutes
        • Approve Minutes from 7th February 2021, meeting, Proposed? Seconded?
        1. Treasurer’s Report
        • Banking Update
        1. Matters Arising – Covid 19
        • Covid 19 update – Dalwhinnie cases update JD etc 
        1. Matters Arising
        • Network Rail – Update 
        • Corrievarkie PSH Local Public Engagement – Update
        • Litter pick date – Sunday 15th May?
        • Litter Signs for all affected laybys/car park need installing???
        • Grampian Site – update
        • Daffodil Planting – David Haggarty
        • NHS Near me 
        • NatureScot – Deer stalking on Creag Meagaidh
        • SSEN – £1 resilient communities grant – Dalwhinnie? Generator for the village hall?
        • Back to work – volunteers needed to assist leading projects such as Litter Pick etc.
        1. Planning Matters
        • Proposed Camper/Motorhome – Update

         

        1. Any other Business

         

        Dates for Future Meetings:

        Monday 4th July 2022

        Monday 5th September 2022

         

Agenda for Dalwhinnie Community Council AGM Meeting held Monday 7th March 18.30hrs (The Lodge Bar)

    1. Dalwhinnie Community CouncilDalwhinnie Community Council AGM – AgendaDate – Monday 7th March 2022 – 6:30pm
      1. Welcome and Apologies
      1. Attendees
      1. Declaration of Interest/intentions
      1. Previous Minutes
      • The minutes from the previous AGM 2nd March 2021 to be submitted for adoption. Proposed by? Seconded by?
      1. Chairperson’s Annual Report – Questions from the floor
      1. Treasurer’s Submission of Financial Report – Questions from the  

                  Floor – Adoption of the Report Proposed by? Seconded by?

      1. Demit and Election of Office Bearers 
      1. Provisional date for next AGM – Monday 6th March 2023
      1. Any other Business

                 Corrievarkie PSH Local Public Engagement 

                 Derelict and neglected Land opposite The hostel

       

      Dates for Future Meetings:

      Tuesday 3rd May 2022

      Monday 4th July 2022

      Monday 5th September 2022

       

Agenda for Dalwhinnie Community Council Meeting held Monday 2nd November 2020 at 18.00hrs (virtual meeting)

    1. Dalwhinnie Community council – AgendaDate – Monday 2nd November 2020 1800hrs 
      1. WELCOME and Apologies
      2. Attendees 
      3. Previous minutes
      • Approve minutes from 5th October meeting, proposed?  Seconded?
      1. Treasures report
      • Banking update/grant applications and payments or possible targets
      • Dalwhinnie book financial update
      1. Matters arising – Covid 19
      • Covid 19 update – awareness etc
      1. Matters Arising
      • Members – Welcome to new member Lynn Haggerty who was co-opted on as a member in the last month. JD Proposed, AF seconded, and all members sent an email approval.
      • Role of Secretary
      • Badenoch Heritage representative for Dalwhinnie?
      • Christmas cards – signed by a different member of and on behalf of DCC? 
      • Local government & communities – participation requests and asset transfers?
      • Memorial to RAF (approx. 15 casualties on BAE)? 
      1. DCC and all parties agreed to look into this for 2021 onwards.
      2. Memorial cairn and information board at a new memorial site – discussions with Network rail.
      3. Information board at carpark entering BAE?
      4. Contact RAF, RBL?
      • Memorial site
      1. Tree debris removed, fence to be removed and repaired by HC 
      2. memorial service, SC to update
      • Dalwhinnie logos/marketing – The meeting place
      1. Dalwhinnie Village logo
      2. DCC logo
      • Fibre internet access for Dalwhinnie – LC to update on feasibility study?
      • Highland community Gathering and Bonny Barrel marketing
      1. Metal year discs for all included barrels – update?
      • Areas for tidy up Update: 
      1. Ben Alder Road Hillwalker carpark – gone to planning
      2. Waste land on Ben Alder road – DCC volunteers to tidy up
      3. Telephone exchange, Openreach, “BT security” registered on 20 day work schedule for addressing asap, 20/10/2020
      • LITTER signs for all affected laybys/carparks etc? JD to update.
      • A889 Railway bridge at Dalwhinnie – structural work 2020 underway
      • BEAR, drainage channels flooding Scotrac/hotel carpark, winter lighting facility, NO UPDATE, MC/JB to step in? 
      • SMART VILLAGES –update
      1. Planning matters
      • Proposed camper/motorhome development in early stages 
      • Proposed carpark – update?
      1. Any other Business

      Discuss dates for future meetings:

      2020 – 2021 Meetings:

      September: Monday 5th October

      October: Monday 2nd November (AGM?)

      November: Monday 30th November

      January: 4th January 2021

      February: 1st February 2021

      March: 1st March 2021

Agenda for Dalwhinnie Community Council Meeting held Monday 31st August 2020 at 18.00hrs (virtual meeting)

    1. WELCOME and Apologies
    2. Attendees 
    3. Previous minutes? 
    • Approve minutes from July meeting, proposed?  Seconded?
    1. Treasures report?
    • Banking update?
    1. Matters arising – Covid 19
    • Covid 19 – JD to update on VABS meeting (12/07/20) for CRT
    1. Matters Arising
    • Role of Secretary?
    • Dalwhinnie DEVELOPMENT TRUST update on Village hall from RM
    • Website Sarah is managing content. Do we want to change our email addresses to be hosted by the server eg. Chair@Dalwhinnie.org.uk, etc
    • Internet access for Dalwhinnie – remote, business support working from home etc.
      1. Check our area – https://www.scotlandsuperfast.com/check-my-area/?search=pH19+1ah&submit=Search# 
      2. For other village information assistance/learning – http://www.killearncc.org.uk/kbg.html 
    • Dalwhinnie crest update, Lord Lyon from RM 
    • Highland community Gathering and Bonny Barrel update? 
      1. Signs for all included barrels?
    • Defibrillator update from JD
    • Memorial site, and memorial service? SC to update
    • Areas for tidy up Update: 
      1. Ben Alder Road Hillwalker carpark
      2. Waste land on Ben Alder road
      3. Horse field update
      4. Grampian Hotel site
      5. Any other sites – village hall needs weeding?
    • Grass cutting Laggan service – local enterprise update? 
    • Cardboard cut-out police speed camera’s for busier months, proposed by David Haggarty?
    • LITTER – A9 layby’s update. A889 Waste in layby’s between Laggan/Dalwhinnie – working with Laggan (Colin Morgan – Chair), on a scheme
    • A889 Railway bridge at Dalwhinnie – structural work 2020… update from Jen
    • BEAR Grass cutting main road grass areas – drainage flooded Alan Dawson’s place (Scotrac, ARTCOM trade bridge) any update?
    • Winter lights update from Si
    • SMART VILLAGES – Jen to update
    • Dalwhinnie Book
    1. Planning matters
    • Proposed camper/motorhome development in early stages 
    • Proposed carpark funding in early stages
    1. Any other Business

Discuss dates for future meetings:

2020 – 2021 Meetings:

August: Monday 31st (TBC)

September: Monday 28th September

October: Monday 26th October

November: Monday 30th November

December: pushed into January

January: 4th January 2021

February: 22nd February 2021

Agenda for Dalwhinnie Community Council Meeting held Tuesday 27th July 2020 at 18.00hrs (virtual meeting)

1. Welcome and Apologies

2. Attendees

3. Previous minutes?

    • Approve minutes from June meeting, proposed?  Seconded?

4. Treasurer’s report?

    • Banking update?

5. Matters arising – Covid 19

    • Covid 19 – any ongoing concerns/issues?

6. Matters Arising – Most for meetings after Covid-19 situation?

    • Co-opting new council members – Rory Mcpherson, Nominate Jen Dickinson, Seconded ?  Would anyone be willing to take on role of Secretary?
    • Dalwhinnie DEVELOPMENT TRUST – Rory McPherson is a trustee, Village Hall ideas/update for working together, ideas list sent to Rory and shared with DCDT
    • Website Sarah has control – any feedback?
    • Dalwhinnie crest update?
    • Highland community Gathering – Saturday 29th August (Bank holiday weekend). Raffle prizes?? Bonny Barrels – Planter competition, JB & MC as judges, Jen to update so far. 
    • Defibrillator – No battery required – pads only – Jen to update
    • Memorial site, fence repairs, volunteers?
    • Areas for tidy up Update: 1) Ben Alder Road Hillwalker carpark,  2) Waste land on Ben Alder road, 3) Horse field update, 4) Grampian Hotel site – Jen to update. 
    • Grass cutting Laggan service – Jimmy Smith 01528 544727 started £120 per month paid by cheque, local enterprise update? 
    • LITTER – A9 layby’s update. A889 Waste in layby’s between Laggan/Dalwhinnie – working with Laggan (Colin Morgan – Chair), on a scheme
    • A889 Railway bridge at Dalwhinnie – structural work 2020… update from Jen
    • BEAR Grass cutting main road grass areas – drainage flooded Alan Dawson’s place (Scotrac, ARTCOM trade bridge) any update?
    • Winter lights update from Si
    • SMART VILLAGES – Jen to update

7. Planning matters

    • Proposed camper/motorhome use at FLS sites wolf tracks and Pattack falls carparks, not put forward for planning, no toilet/litter facilities for any waste. 

8. Any other Business

Agenda for Dalwhinnie Community Council Meeting held Tuesday 7th April 2020 at 10.00hrs (virtual meeting)

1. Welcome and Apologies

2. Attendees

3. Previous minutes?

    • Old paperwork – update from Jen
    • Online training for community councils

4. Treasurer’s report?

    • Finances and details – update from Si
    • Grants or eligible schemes?

5. Matters arising – Covid 19

    • Covid 19 – Resident list/address and persons at home?
    • Covid 19 – Leaflet to community?
    • Covid 19 – Hotel orders
    • Covid 19 – garage opening hours? Milk?
    • Covid 19 – Volunteer coordination for deliveries?
    • Covid 19 – What do we have requests for so far? Dog walking?
    • Covid 19 – Security around the area?
    • Covid 19 – Holiday homes and residences uninhabited? Balsporran/Cuaich?
    • Covid 19 – Do we need dedicated/coordinated telephone line to support community?

6. Matters Arising – Most for meetings after Covid-19 situation?

    • War memorial notice board keys?
    • Village hall – going forward?
    • Notice board management?
    • Grass cutting Laggan service – Ewan Carr knows details
    • Dalwhinnie planters – previously Deborah and Pauline managed these.
    • Christmas lights? Management of, and future going forward?
    • Fly tipping, litter, dog fouling?
    • Areas for tidy up?
    • Tree planting – Plant a grove of trees (Trees for life) any other ideas/grants/offers?

7. Planning matters

    • The Quarry
    • The old hotel
    • The Old Tollhouse café and bunkhouse
    • The Garage?
    • EE tower?

8. Any other Business